NASA KENNEDY SPACE CENTER DIRECTOR VISITS PANAMA CITY SCHOOL TO SHARE NEW VISION WITH NATION'S YOUTH



Amber Marek                                                            
                                                      March 31, 2004
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
(Phone: 321/867-2468)



KSC Release No. 15-04

NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Visits Panama City School To Share 
New Vision With Nation's Youth 

NASA's Center Director, Jim Kennedy and a NASA astronaut will visit 
Oscar Patterson Elementary Magnet School, a NASA Explorer School 
(NES) in Panama City, Fla., on April 5 to share the new vision for 
space exploration with the next generation of explorers. The school 
is located at 1025 Redwood Ave. and the presentation will begin at 
9:00 a.m. CT at the cafeteria.

"Just as the youth of the 1940s became the pioneers that launched our 
current space program, the students of the new millennium will turn 
the new Vision for Space Exploration into reality," said Kennedy. "I 
can't wait to come to Oscar Patterson Elementary Magnet School and 
share the vision so students can find out how they can be a part of 
our nation's future space exploration programs."

Kennedy will talk with students about our destiny as explorers, NASA's 
stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the moon, Mars and 
beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely 
on each other in space.

For media interested in arranging interviews with Kennedy in 
conjunction with his visit to Oscar Patterson Elementary Magnet 
School, please contact Amber Marek at 321/867-2468.

For information about the NASA Explorer Schools Program on the 
Internet, visit:



http://explorerschools.nasa.gov 

For more information about the Vision for Space Exploration visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/missions/solarsystem/bush_vision.html 

For information about NASA visit:

http://www.nasa.gov 

	
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